IT Architect
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more of the made up non-standard title bullshit that is IT.
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@Jason said in IT Architect:
What the Hell is it?
It's a real title and most large firms use it, Microsoft used to even certify it.
Architect is the technical position that is highest for generalists without being the CIO or moving into management or whatever. It's the design and oversight role above the individual departments. So systems, software, applications, virtualization, databases, networking, support, etc. all combined into a position that can generally manage to do, at least to some useful degree, all of those roles.
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LOL IT Architect seems weird - I've been places that had Network Architects (design network layouts), and Data Architects (design databases).
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@Dashrender said in IT Architect:
LOL IT Architect seems weird - I've been places that had Network Architects (design network layouts), and Data Architects (design databases).
The IT Architect is the person, in theory, that "designs" all of IT, as a whole. Not just the network or just the data. It's the person who takes the technical oversight of the entire shebang.
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The reason, that I have seen, that it is kept separate from engineer is because the deliverables are unique. Just as an admin runs live systems and an engineer designs the individual systems to be run, the architect puts together the big picture but without the nitty gritty details. Just like with a building, the architect does the arches, the structural engineer makes sure that they will hold the weight.
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@Dashrender said in IT Architect:
LOL IT Architect seems weird - I've been places that had Network Architects (design network layouts), and Data Architects (design databases).
This guy says he's done it all.. Though the job description, answering calls and responding to ticket for fix/break stuff sounds more like a low level technician to me.
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@Jason said in IT Architect:
@Dashrender said in IT Architect:
LOL IT Architect seems weird - I've been places that had Network Architects (design network layouts), and Data Architects (design databases).
This guy says he's done it all.. Though the job description, answering calls and responding to ticket for fix/break stuff sounds more like a low level technician to me.
Sounds like either he or his last company just uses fake or at least useless titles.
After reading a dozen or so posts here about these title issues, I stopped using IT Director. I just use IT Admin now.
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@Jason said in IT Architect:
@Dashrender said in IT Architect:
LOL IT Architect seems weird - I've been places that had Network Architects (design network layouts), and Data Architects (design databases).
This guy says he's done it all.. Though the job description, answering calls and responding to ticket for fix/break stuff sounds more like a low level technician to me.
Um, yeah, not something that architects would do. Although they often might have done it earlier in their career, of course.
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@Dashrender said in IT Architect:
@Jason said in IT Architect:
@Dashrender said in IT Architect:
LOL IT Architect seems weird - I've been places that had Network Architects (design network layouts), and Data Architects (design databases).
This guy says he's done it all.. Though the job description, answering calls and responding to ticket for fix/break stuff sounds more like a low level technician to me.
Sounds like either he or his last company just uses fake or at least useless titles.
After reading a dozen or so posts here about these title issues, I stopped using IT Director. I just use IT Admin now.
Sadly, good, high end titles like network engineer, IT Architect even CIO get faked in the SMB (and a few non-SMB) arenas and make everyone with a senior title look bad. So while IT Architect is definitely a real title, there is little chance that this guy is one.
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Ooooo might try that as my next title
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yeah we have several solutions architects here - they work alongside the sales people and listen to what the customers want to do/run and then advise what sort of solution they would need in terms of servers, storage, cpu power, ram etc...
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@NattNatt said in IT Architect:
yeah we have several solutions architects here - they work alongside the sales people and listen to what the customers want to do/run and then advise what sort of solution they would need in terms of servers, storage, cpu power, ram etc...
A bit of a different role. Solution Architects are outward facing consultants, not internal ones. They oversee a full solution set, not a company internally.
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@scottalanmiller said in IT Architect:
@NattNatt said in IT Architect:
yeah we have several solutions architects here - they work alongside the sales people and listen to what the customers want to do/run and then advise what sort of solution they would need in terms of servers, storage, cpu power, ram etc...
A bit of a different role. Solution Architects are outward facing consultants, not internal ones. They oversee a full solution set, not a company internally.
ah, the first reply threw me a bit lol
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Hm. My title here is just IT Technician however I run the entire infrastructure--servers, switches, firewalls, dekstop support, etc. What would be an appropriate title for this level of responsibility? Systems Administrator?
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@wirestyle22 said in IT Architect:
Hm. My title here is just IT Technician however I run the entire infrastructure--servers, switches, firewalls, dekstop support, etc. What would be an appropriate title for this level of responsibility? Systems Administrator?
No, that would be the opposite direction. System Admin is super specialized, the polar opposite of a generalist, which is what you are.
You are what used to be called a LAN Admin, but almost no one uses that today. You are a standard generalist. So IT Tech isn't a bad title at all. IT Admin isn't bad. Anything with "system" or "network" in the title is totally wrong, those are titles for full time (or nearly) system and networking people. But you do all kinds of stuff.
So stick to generalist titles.
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@wirestyle22 Thats my current role... im basically title-less ... or the IT guy...
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I like the term SMB IT Generalist, but I've never seen it used. But it provides the right details in the title.
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@brianlittlejohn said in IT Architect:
@wirestyle22 Thats my current role... im basically title-less ... or the IT guy...
This is literally how my boss introduces me to everyone - this is our "IT guy" Jason.
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@scottalanmiller That is most likely what I would put on my resume...
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@wirestyle22 said in IT Architect:
Hm. My title here is just IT Technician however I run the entire infrastructure--servers, switches, firewalls, dekstop support, etc. What would be an appropriate title for this level of responsibility? Systems Administrator?
No, It Generalist would be what you do.
Thats what I did in SMB before moving to Enterprise. I'm a Server and Network Administrator now. Most of us only do one of the other I'm the only one that does both network and servers.
